2012 Archive

Lindsay Kinkade on combining art, design and public policy

Talks • Duration: 00:07:16 • 5 Jan 12

Lindsay Kinkade talks about using open-source methodology to make public policy, particularly the American healthcare system, more understandable. >
Charlie Todd on Improv Everywhere

Talks • Duration: 00:38:16 • 5 Jan 12

Founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd, talks about creating scenes of joy and chaos in public places to make people smile. >
Fibra: Design as a tool to change perspectives

Talks • Duration: 00:16:49 • 19 Jan 12

Fibra are using design as a tool to change perceptions and ultimately change the world. >
Lowery Stokes Sims on the Global Africa Project

Talks • Duration: 00:20:35 • 27 Jan 12

Lowery Stokes Sims tells of the Global Africa Project, which unpacks the notion of a "global Africa" and its meaning in terms of art, design and craft. >
Carla Fernandez: how heritage translates into fashion

Talks • Duration: 00:05:17 • 27 Jan 12

With her Taller Flora label, Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez incorporates elements of her country’s heritage into the garments she designs. >
Michael Wolff on keeping ideas disposable

Talks • Duration: 00:32:45 • 2 Feb 12

Exercise your idea-creating capacity by throwing away good ideas. Michael Wolff explains how this works. >
David Kester on how design can nudge social behaviour

Talks • Duration: 00:17:14 • 8 Feb 12

David Kester talks about how design can be applied to positively nudge social behaviour, save time and lives, and boost the economy. >
Luke Pearson on innovation, big or small

Talks • Duration: 00:16:07 • 8 Feb 12

Innovation can be big or small, but for Luke Pearson design is about simplifying the world around us. >
Deborah Szebeko on tackling social issues with creativity

Talks • Duration: 00:16:24 • 8 Feb 12

Deborah Szebeko looks at some of the ways that creativity can be used to tackle social issues. >
Dana Arnett on the difference between good and bad design

Talks • Duration: 00:42:16 • 16 Feb 12

Dana Arnett talks about how designers emotionally and intellectually identify with the work they create. >
Hat-trick on the art of mind tickling

Talks • Duration: 00:37:12 • 16 Feb 12

Graphic designers Hat-trick talk about the art of mind-tricking, the tickling of minds and the exercising of minds. >
Jen Bilik on her quirky stationery line

Talks • Duration: 00:19:11 • 21 Feb 12

Jen Bilik, the founder of design company Knock Knock, unveils a line of products that puts the fun into functional. >
Daddy’s World on their journey through creative accommodation design

Talks • Duration: 00:25:59 • 23 Feb 12

Cape Town entrepreneurs Jody Aufrichtig and Nick Ferguson capture imaginations with their creative approach to accommodation design. >
&Union on focus, community, patience and loving what you do

Talks • Duration: 00:20:33 • 23 Feb 12

From espresso bars to artisan beers, Brad Armitage and Rui Esteves share their experiences of establishing a new culture on the streets of South Africa. >
Renny Ramakers on Droog's different perspective on design

Talks • Duration: 00:37:54 • 4 May 12

The co-founder and director of Amsterdam design studio Droog is a keen proponent of sensible innovation and creating a different perspective on design. >
Joe Saavedra on robots, alcohol and citizen sensors

Talks • Duration: 00:08:06 • 9 May 12

The Creative Technologist from Parsons The New School for Design uses physical computing to empower people to learn about their environment on their own terms. >
Nelly Ben Hayoun on designing experiences

Talks • Duration: 00:11:18 • 10 May 12

Nelly Ben Hayoun, your astro-assistant for this presentation, designs experiences. >
Hans Ulrich Obrist on an expanded notion of curation

Talks • Duration: 00:34:14 • 19 Jul 12

Hans Ulrich Obrist looks to an expanded notion of curating, going beyond the boundaries of the discipline and new ideas on installing exhibitions. >
Bibliothèque on design and the creative process

Talks • Duration: 00:41:36 • 27 Jul 12

OCD, lingerie, award ceremonies, design tools, Dieter Rams and classical orchestras – Bibliothèque talk about their creative endeavours. >
Oded Ezer on morphing typography with other organisms

Talks • Duration: 00:29:43 • 8 Aug 12

“My name is Oded Ezer and I am a typoholic” – says Oded Ezer. He talks about combining typography with other fields. >
Christine Goudie on how design can help people

Talks • Duration: 00:06:44 • 15 Aug 12

Christina Goudie looks at how medical product design can inspire different ways of thinking about design. >
Karlssonwilker Inc on graphic design with humour

Talks • Duration: 00:43:26 • 17 Aug 12

Karlssonwilker enlighten listeners on the founding of their company and the designs they have created since 2000. >
Clive van Heerden on why design must ask more difficult questions of technology

Talks • Duration: 00:37:39 • 22 Aug 12

Clive van Heerden believes that by asking really stupid questions you can produce really interesting results. >
Martha Stewart on the endless possibilities of glitter

Talks • Duration: 00:47:56 • 28 Aug 12

The handmade and the homemade are two of the most important features of the work that Martha Stewart does, across a range of platforms and in various mediums. >

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